Folding baby-carriage and cradle.



PATENTED JAN. 16, 1906.

I. ANDREWS. FOLDING BABY CARRIAGE AND CRADLE.

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APPLIOTIOH FILED JAN. 7, 1905.

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I. ANDREWS. FOLDING BABY CARRIAGE AND CRADLE.

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No. 810,247. PATENTED JAN. 16, 1906. I. ANDREWS.

FOLDING BABY CARRIAGE AND CRADLE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 7 1905.

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FOLDING BABY-CARRIAGE AND CRADLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 16, 1906.

Application filed January 7, 1906. Serial No. 240,006.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, IGNATIUS ANDREWS, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Folding Baby- Carriage and Cradle, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The purpose of the invention is to provide a construction of baby-carriage which will permit the baby-carriage to be compactly folded when not required and, furthermore, to provide a construction which will permit the body, of the carriage being given a rock- 15 ing motion, adapting it for use as a cradle,

and also to so construct the conveyance that it will be simple, durable, and capable of being conveniently and expeditiously operated.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improved carriage in position for use as such. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the carriage folded. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the carriage. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the body of the carriage folded, showing it also in open position, in dotted lines. Fig. 5 is a longitudinal vertical section through the body of the carriage. the parts thereof being in position for use. Fig. 6 is a transverse section taken practically on the line 6 6 of Fig. 2. Fig. 7 is a side eleva tion of the lower portion of one of the frame members, illustrating the adjustable connection of a support, the wheel being shown in position for storage; and Fig. 8 is a sectional side elevation of the lower portion of the same member, showing the wheel connected therewith in position for use.

The frame of the carriage consists of two main side members 10, which extend from the front lowerportion upward and rearward, and two auxiliary side members 11, which extend from the lower rear portion upward and forward. The members 10 and 11 cross each other at each side of the structure, and all of the members are pivotally connected by a bar 12, as is shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3. A cross-bar 13 extends from one member 10 to the other near its lower portion, and another crossbar 14 extends from one member 11 to the other, both of the cross-bars l3 and 14 being below the pivot 12.

In connection with the aforesaid members 10 and 11 a handle A is employed, comprising two side pieces 15, connected at their upper ends by a cross bar 16, which serves as a support for the handle, and the upper end portions of the frame members 10 are provided with longitudinal slots 18, and the side members 15 of the handle A are provided with corresponding slots 17. Guide-pins 19 extend from the handle members 15 into the slots 18, and set-screws 20 extend through the slots 17 in the handle members 15, which set-screws are carried by the frame members 10, as is clearly shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3.

An axle 21 is journaled at the lower ends of the main frame members 10, the said axle be ing provided with suitable wheels 22, and stub-axles 23 are journaled at the lower ends of the auxiliary frame members 11, and the latter axles 23 are provided with suitable wheels 24.

In connection with the frame which has just been described a body B is employed, and the members of the said body are adapted to fold laterally and to lie within the frame members when the frame members are folded to the position shown in Fig. 2, and the said body B is also adapted for use as a cradle when necessary. The detail construction of the body B is as follows: The body B has a bottom 25, which bottom has side sills 25 at its upper face and end sills 25 and 25. The sides 26 and 27 of the body are hinged to the side sills 25 by means of suitable hinges 28, and the said sides 26 and 27 are adapted to fold down close to each other on the bottom of the body, as is shown in Fig. 4. As is illustrated in Fig. 6, one of the sidesthe side 26, for exampleis provided with an apertured lug 26", which when the sides are folded rests in the recessed portion of the opposing side section or member 27 for a purpose to be hereinafter described. In completing the formation of the body a front end member 29 is provided and a rear end member 30, the front end member 29 being pivoted to the front end sill 25 by suitable hinges 31, and the rear end member 30 is connected with the rear sill 25 by means of suitable hinges 31 and a tongue 32 is pivotally attached to the upper central portion of the rear end member 30. A spreader-bar 32 is connected with the upper front end portions of the side members 26 and 27 of the body by means of suitable pins 33 and 34, which are passed through slots 33 and 34 in the said spreader-bar to a firm engagement with the said side members 26 and 27, as is clearly shown in Fig. 4, and a second spreader-bar 35 is provided for the up er rear ortions of the side members 26 an 27 of t e body, and pins 36 and 37 are passed through slots 36. and 37 in the s reader-bar 35 to a firm engagement with t e side bars 26 and 27. This latter spreaderbar 35 is also provided at its center with a longitudinal slot 38, adapted to receive the tongue 32 of the rear end member of the body B when the parts of the said body are unfolded, as is shown in Fi s. 1 and 5. When the parts of the body are olded up, the end members 29 and 30 are first carried downward on the body and then the side members 26 and 27 are folded upon the end members, the spreader-bars remaining in horizontal transverse position at the ends of the said side members, as is shown in Fig. 4, and, as is illustrated in Fig. 5, when the parts of the body are folded out for use the front end member 29 rests against the front spreaderbar 32, which acts as a support for the said front member of the body, as does the rear spreader-bar for the rear end member of the body; but as the occupant-of the body rests against the rear end member it is necessary that that member shall be firmly secured in its unfolded or open position. Therefore when the tongue 32, connected with the rear end member, is passed through the central slot 38 in the rear spreader-bar it is held firmly in place by means of a set-screw 39, (shown in Figs. 4 and 5,) which is carried by the said spreaderbar and engages with the said tongue. Links 40 and 41 are located at opposite sides of the structure, the links at each side being pivotally connected. The links 40 are suitably connected with the main legs or members 10 of the frame by pins 40 and the links 41 are pivotally connected with the auxiliary legs or frame members 11 by suitable pins 41, as is shown in Fig. 1. The links 40 and 41 are therefore capable of being folded up as the legs are folded, and suspension-links 42 extend down from the pivotins 41 at the front of the structure, and the inks 42 are pivotally connected with the bottom portion of the body B at the front by means of suitable pivot-pins 43. Corresponding rear suspension-links 44 are pivoted on the rear pivot-pins 40 and extend down to a pivotal connection with the rear portion of the body B, as is particularly shown in Fig. 1, the rearsuspension-links 44 being provided at their lower ends with slots 46, through which pivot-pins 45 pass. The upper connecting-links 40 where they engage with the pivot-pins 40 are provided with longitudinal slots, as is indicated in Fig. 1. The body B thus suspended can be rocked on the links 42 and 44, and the said body will then serve as a cradle. When, however, the carriage is to be used strictly as such, it is desirable that the body B be held stationar and to that end a latch 47 is attached usuall to the cross-bar 14 on the wheeled support, and the said latch is made to engage with a suitable keeper at the rear of the body, as shown in Fig. 1.v When the carriage is to be folded up, the legs are folded to the position shown in Fig. 2, and the body B after its parts have been folded on the bottom, as is shown in Fig. 4, is turned end for end on its pivots to bring it bottom up, and at such time the lug 26, above referred to, will be brought over a thumb-screw 49, located on a crossbar 48, extending from one main leg to the other, as is shown in Figs. 2 and 6, and by causing the said thumb-screw to enter the aperture in the said lug 26*, as is shown in Fig. 6, the parts of the carriage are held in their folded position.

In Figs. 7 and 8 I have illustrated amanner in which a wheel 24 is adjustably connected with a frame member 11, under which construction the wheel can be'firmly held in position for use and wherein when the carriage is folded up the wheel can be so disposed of as not to be in the way. The lower terminal 50 of the frame member is tubular and receives a sliding block 51 having a recess 52 therein, and an attached pin 53, and said tubular extremity 50 also receives the upper reduced portion of a second block 54, the wheel 24 eing carried at the lower end of this second block. The block 54 has a bin e connection 55 with the sliding block 51, an the in 53 of the block 51 has play in an L-shape slot 56, produced in the tubular extremity 50. The said tubular extremity 50 is further provided with an opening 57 and a spring-tongue 58, having a head 58", which enters the o ening. When a wheel is to be adjusted for olding, the two blocks are drawn outward until the lower block 54 is entirely outside of the tubular extremity of the frame 11, at which time the head 58 of the spring-tongue 58 willenter the recess 52 in the inner block 51. The outer block 54 may now be carried to a horizontal position, as shown in Fig. 7, and the two blocks may be turned to the limit of the horizontal portion of the slot 56. When the carriage is to be used, the pin 53 is brought to the vertical portion of the slot 56, and the lower block 54 is pushed into the frame member 1 1*, being held in working position by the head of the tongue 58 entering a recess 59 in the lower block, as is shown in Fig. 8.

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. In baby-carriages, a folding, wheel-supported support, a body provided with hinged side and end members, and spreader-bars for the side members, which spreader-bars also serve as supports for the end members, a

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rocking connection between the body and said support, and means for holding the body stationary.

2. In baby-carriages, crossed and pivotally-connected legs, wheels carried by the le s, a bod com rising a bottom, hinged si e and en members, spreader-bars for the side members adjustably connected therewith, Which spreader-bars also serve as supports for the end members, pivotally-connected links ivotally connected with the legs at each si e of the structure, suspensionlinks extending from the pivotally-connected links, which suspension-links are pivotally connected with the bottom portion of the body, and means for holding all the parts in folded position.

3. In baby-carriages, crossed and pivotally-connected legs, wheels carried by the legs, a body comprising a bottom, and hinged side and end members, spreader-bars for the side members adjustably connected therewith, which spreader-bars also serve as supports for the end members, pivotally-connected links pivotally connected with the legs at each side of the structure, suspensionlinks extending from the pivotally-connected links, which suspension-links are pivotally connected with the bottom portion of the body, means for holding all the parts in folded position, locking devices for the body, act- .ing to hold it stationary, and a locking device for an end member of the body, for the pur pose specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

IGNATIUS ANDREWS.

Viitnesses SAMUEL HIRsoH, GEORGE STUD. 

